Today, many people are classified into separate social statuses by several means: the things they own, the jobs they hold, and the places they live are all factors by which people are divided into social classes.

When you see a person driving a flashy import sports car, you think to yourself â€œ man, that guy must be rich. Someday, Iâ€™m going to be able to afford a car like that.â€ The appearance of a person who is successful inspires people to work towards rising above their class and being able to afford all the things that would put them in an upper class. A person owning a flat-screen plasma TV and an antique Persian tapestry are often the owners of a fine place in a higher class while the person owning a TV thatâ€™s held together with duct tape and a raggedy quilted wall hanging are seen as the bottom bricks in a wall.

Another determining factor in social classification is means of financial income. This essayâ€™s author has a philosophy: â€œIf you go to work and your name is on the building, youâ€™re rich. If you go to work and your name is on your desk, youâ€™re middle class. If you go to work and youâ€™re name is on your shirt, youâ€™re poor.â€ A person wearing an expensive suit sitting in a leather chair is more likely to be seen at a yacht race than the person wearing overalls and emptying trash cans. The average person is found working at a fast food counter or at a supermarket check out while an upper-classman is seen as a lawyer or a doctor .

What would you say about a person living in a trailor park? Poor, dirty, lazy slobs. That is only said because we are in a completely different class. What are they saying about us? Over-privileged, stuck-up, do nothings. The stereotype of a high class person living in a big 3-story house with a big pool is found more and more each day.